My guest today is Jason Watson . Who is Jason? Jason is the head women’s volleyball coach at the university Arkansas women’s volleyball. Prior to that he had successful head coaching stance at my alma mater Arizona State and BYU.

What’s unique about Jason is that he is a program builder. He took over a program in Arkansas. That is a major conference in the SEC and had not had a lot of historical success and since he took over the program in 2016 he has since taken them to new Heights, including making the NCAA tournament 8 times.

In his previous stops at ASU and BYU, he also took programs not known for their success and helped elevate them. Like I said Jason has a knack for building programs.

He does this not subscribing to traditional practice method where athletes do isolated drills, and then hope that they can put it together a scrimmage or live action, he instead helps put his athletes in game like situations where they could adapt their skills and become better volleyball players. You can attribute a lot of his success to his practice structure.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Jason, we talk about his coaching journey and practice design from when he started, to what it is today!

Before I let you get to the episode, I wanted to let you know that we have a brand new course called the Ecological Dynamics of Soccer, which is currently on sale and available for purchase. It’s our good friend and friend of the podcast Ben Franks. B en is a wicked smart dude and always delivers so be sure to check that out. I’ll put the in the show notes.

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• Jason's staff page at Arkansas
• Jason on X
• The Ecological Dynamics of Soccer Course

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My guest for today's episode is Tom Parry!

Tom is the head of the kinesiology department at Butler University and received his PhD from Indiana University.

His research interests are centered on the application of kinesiology theory and concepts to practitioner-based settings such as therapy, coaching and strength & conditioning. His expertise is in skill acquisition, sport psychology and coaching and regularly publishes research in these areas

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

In addition to that, Tom is also a youth soccer coach with the Indiana Fire Academy

Just a reminder that our 2023 and 2022 recorded Sports Movement Skill Conference videos are 50% off through 4/26. Check the out here!

In addition that we will be hosting our next Movement Meet Up on 5/11 which is free and open to the public. Send us a DM on X if you're interested.

Episode Resources

• Tom on X
• Kestrel Psych
• Tom's Butler University page

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On today’s episode, I’m joined by Alex Sarama! Alex is a 2x guest on the show and appeared on the podcast way back in Episode 33!

Since that episode, Alex’s life has changed quite a bit. he found it a company called Transforming Basketball, which is seeking to change the way that basketball is coached. He is also the Director of methodology with London Lyons in England, and also works with the Rip City remix, the G league affiliate team for the Portland, Trailblazers of the NBA.

On top of all of that, Alex has a brand new book that just dropped on April 9 called Transforming Basketball, Where he takes coaches through a modern approach, to skill acquisition, and how to apply it to basketball.

In this conversation, we talk about many useful topics for coaches, including:

• How to upgrade traditional basketball drills into a live movement activities,
• How to adjust your system, or principles of play to new athletes
• How Alex’s experience is experience, coaching in different settings across the world, has shaped his coaching lens
  
  And so many other valuable topics!

One last note on the book, my teammates at emergence Tyler , Urby, and Shawn Myszca wrote a chapter in Alex‘s new book and Alex was nice enough to put this podcast as an education resource for the readers.. so even more reason to buy the book!

Just a reminder that we have two courses on sale on the Emergence website. Origins which is our youth athlete course and includes over 30 videos of activities and Reconceptualizing the Warm Up are all on sale for a limited time.

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• Transforming Basketball Book
• Transforming Basketball Website
• Alex on X
• Alex on IG

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On this episode, I'm joined by my guy Tyler Yearby and we answer your skill acquisition questions!

We asked you on social media to post any burning questions you had heading into the new year and you delivered! Today, we answer those questions. Some of the topics we covered include:

• How Important is it for a coach to have experience playing the sport that they want to coach?
• What are the best games to use for youth athletes?
• How does skill acquisition fit into a training session?
• Will there be an east coast Skill Acquisition Retreat?

and of course we dive into many more side tangents and rabbit holes!...Enjoy the show!

For the next month, we are offering 25% off our "Origins" and "Reconceptualizing The Warm Up". This is a great opportunity and only available for a limited time...check it out here!


If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• EcoD in MMA Paper - Open Access!!
• Link for Origins and our Warm Up Course

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My guest today is Nick Smallridge!

Nick is a teacher and soccer coach in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA.

He is he coach at Sporting AR 2007G Coach and the assistant varsity coach at Bentonville High School for the girls team.

Nick has over 18 years of coaching experience including Socorro High School Boys Asst, Grassroots in Socorro, various levels, New Mexico Tech girls(college club) Qiziltepa Mahalla boys(UZ).

He played soccer at FC Haka B1/B2 Finland and Drury University in Missouri.

In this episode, we discuss how coaches can help make their athletes more adaptable by putting the tools back in their hands. Enjoy!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• Nick on X
• Nick on Instagram

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My guest today is Dr. Andrew Wilson!

Dr. Wilson an Ecological Psychologist and a researcher at Leeds Beckett University in the UK

He is an internationally recognised expert in perception, action and embodied cognition.

He gained his PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2005. His research interests are broadly in the area of perception and action, with a particular interest in learning and theories of embodied cognition.

On this episode, we dive into the world of affordances and what they mean in the both the sports world and in real life situations.

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• Andrew on X
• 2023 SMSC Recordings
• Andrew's Leeds- Beckett Profile

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My guest today is Rafe Kelley!

Rafe is the founder of Evolve Move Play and is one of the foremost movement practitioners on the world. He's studied and practiced everything from parkour, gymnastics, various martial arts disciplines, and much more.

Rafe absolutely crushes on this podcast and we discuss some very deep and interesting topics. If you want to learn more about Rafe and the EMP content, then I highly suggest visiting his website!

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 17th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!


If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• Evolve Move Play Website
• Rafe on X
• Rafe on IG
• EMP Podcast

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My guest today is Chris McCosker!!..Chris is lecturer in the physical education, skill acquisition and motor control spaces at the Australian Catholic University with experience as a sport scientist for International, National and junior level athletes across sports including track and field, rowing, water polo, cricket, football (soccer) and baseball.

The impetus for this episode was Chris' recent article that he wrote for Sportsmith titled " Vertical Jump Tests Come Up Short Against Vertical Jumps In Sport" which is about applying an ecological dynamics approach to jump training and training general.

I hope you enjoy the show!

We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 16th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!

Check out our new free course!

If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.com

Episode Resources

• Chris on X
• Sportsmith article
• Free Emergence Course
• Skill Acquisition Retreat

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